Q1: 21st Century Literary Genres

Question 1

A story or narrative told through words complemented by illustrated images.

Answer 1

Illustrated Novel

Question 2

50% of the narrative is presented without words while some may not contain any text at all, so the reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.

Answer 2

Illustrated Novels

Question 3

It is also called Triple Media Literature.

Answer 3

Digi-Fiction

Question 4

Why is digi-fiction called Triple Media Literature.

Answer 4

It uses the combination of three media: book, movie/video, and internet website.

Question 5

Narratives told in comic-strip formats and published as a book.

Answer 5

Graphic Novel

Question 6

It tell a story using a combination of words and pictures in a sequence across the page.

Answer 6

Graphic Novel

Question 7

Japanese word for comics

Answer 7

Manga

Question 8

It is used in the English-speaking world
as a generic term for all comic books.

Answer 8

Manga

Question 9

Graphic novels originally published in Japan.

Answer 9

Manga

Question 10

Manga-style comics created by American artists.

Answer 10

Ameri-manga

Question 11

A literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.

Answer 11

Doodle Fiction

Question 12

Simple drawings or random shapes and lines that may or may not have concrete representational meanings.

Answer 12

Doodles

Question 13

Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.

Answer 13

Text-Talk Novels

Question 14

Narratives are usually presented in blog, email, and IM (instant messaging) format.

Answer 14

Text-Talk Novels

Question 15

An often humorous and lighthearted fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood.

Answer 15

Chick Lit

Chick Literature

Question 16

It generally targets young women readers. Stories may include romantic relationships, friendships, and issues in the workplace.

Answer 16

Chick Lit

Question 17

A story narrated in an extremely brief way, but still offers plot and character development and implies a larger story.

Answer 17

Flash Fiction

Question 18

Also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction.

Answer 18

Creative nonfiction

Question 19

It is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.

Answer 19

Creative nonfiction

Question 20

As a genre, it is still relatively young and is only beginning to be scrutinized with the same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry.

Answer 20

Creative non-fiction

Question 21

A genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extraterrestrial life.

Answer 21

Science Fiction

Sci-fi

Question 22

It often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations and has been called a “literature of ideas”.

Answer 22

Science Fiction

Sci-Fi

Question 23

shortened form of Weblog

Answer 23

blog

Question 24

A website containing short articles called
posts that are updated regularly.

Answer 24

Blog

Question 25

Are written by one person containing
his or her own opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written by
different people.

Answer 25

blog

Question 26

A digital poetry that uses links and hypertext mark-up.

Answer 26

Hyper poetry

Question 27

It can either involve set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are presented in variable order but sit on the page much as traditional poetry does, or it can contain parts of the poem that move and transform.

Answer 27

Hyper poetry

Question 28

It is usually found online, but CD-ROM and diskette versions exist. The earliest examples date to no later than the mid 1980s.

Answer 28

Hyper poetry